1st Lt. Dan Choi, who, as you probably know faced his own DADT hearing recently, has voiced his support of the upcoming Equality March in a piece written Pam’s House Blend:
On Thursday, at Netroots Nation, former President Bill Clinton made it plain. The gay community did not deliver the political support in 1993 to prevent “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and DOMA. I personally take that as a challenge. I am marching on Washington.
I recognize that my perspective is different from others. I am new to the gay rights movement. It was less than two years ago that I fell in love and realized the true cost of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy – that my family was not really part of the Army family I had come to believe in. And it was only a few months ago that I came out publicly and, much to my surprise, found myself considered a “gay activist.”
. . . for so many of us, this is our first time raising our voices. We need to stand together, in our nation’s capital, and claim our place as part of this magnificent national movement, at exactly this moment. More experienced activists and leaders need to mobilize, motivate, and train the less experienced – we all have to feel in their bones how critical this work is. And we need to come together as a community, so that when we go back to our cities, suburbs, and small towns, we remain part of the larger effort that spans the country.
. . . 2009 can be a milestone, a tipping point. This is the year when we step up to our full citizenship as Americans: marrying and raising families, serving in our military. Join us in Washington on October 11 to tell the whole nation.
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